Ellis v. Keokuk County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keokuk District Court. — Hon. A. R. Dewey, Judge. Action to recover for fees as constable. Counterclaims for taxes. Judgment for the defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
The amount in controversy in this case is less than one hundred dollars, and it comes to us on a certificate of the trial judge, to which we must look for the jurisdictional facts and the questions that we are to consider. Appellee urges that we have no jurisdiction, because it does not appear from the certificate that the questions certified are involved in the case. Appellant does not attempt by argument to meet the claim, and, indeed, it seems to us that, in the view of our holdings, he could not. The certificate commences with the following language, after the title of the cause and the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Curran v. Excelsior Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
- Lamb v. RossSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Beach v. DonovanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
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- Independence Creamery Co. v. LockwayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896